19 September 2008
Administration, Democracy and Performance - a Symposium
IPEG and GRP recently held a colloquium to draw together recent work exploring the impact of performance on the operation of public bureaucracy and its democratic linkages. Speakers included Ken Meier (Texas A and M), George Boyne (Boyne) and Oliver James (Exeter)
- Programme details
- Papers: Meier, James, Greasley and John , Bertelli and John, Boyne
The occasion also allowed Ken Meier, the chair of the panel that awarded the Herbert Kaufmann Best APSA paper Prize for 2007, to award the prize in person to Francesca Gains and Peter John
19 September 2008
Housing Aspirations for a New Generation: Perspectives from White and South Asian British Women
Liz Richardson, Bethan Harries and Andri Soteri-Proctor have had their Housing Aspirations report published.
The report examines perspectives of White British and second-generation south Asian women and asks:
- Do women from different ethnic groups have different aspirations?
- How do women expect to fulfill their aspirations?
The report was launched at the Chartered Institute of Housing Conference. Liz Richardson also discussed the report as a guest on Sunrise Radio on 9th September and on BBC Radio Manchester's news magazine programme Indus on 14th September.
For more information about the report please contact liz.richardson@manchester.ac.uk.
See also JRF pdf and JRF website.
Votes and Voices Publication
Liz Richardson of IPEG has contributed to collection of essays: Votes and Voices; the complementary nature of representative and participative democracy.
Votes and Voices brings together a wide range of views and perspectives on local democracy from across local government, the voluntary sector and academia, and examines how participative democracy can help to strengthen representative democracy and accountability.
13 June 2008
Who Delivers Public Services - Launch event
James Rees and Liz Richardson of IPEG recently launched completed research on the expanding role of the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) in delivering public services in the North West.
They carried out a survey that asked about the involvement of VCS organisations in the delivery of public services under contract to date, and explored attitudes to future involvement and its wider implications.
The results suggest there is a high degree of interest and optimism amongst organisations about service delivery, but also awareness of potential problems and pitfalls, both for themselves and the sector as a whole. Many were positive about the benefits that involvement would bring to their organisations and the clients and communities they served. The report highlights a number of key policy recommendations, particularly a plea for better understanding of the sector by public sector commissioners.
The IPEG Report "Who Delivers Public Services" is now available.
12 May 2008
Taking action on empowerment: Spring Keynote Conference
Liz Richardson of IPEG is to present at the Taking action on empowerment: Spring Keynote conference.
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Who Delivers Public Services
James Rees and Liz Richardson of IPEG recently launched completed research on the expanding role of the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) in delivering public services in the North West. They presented key findings from their report to the conference, held at Wigan Investment Centre, which also:
- Showcased relevant research findings from across the North of England
- Kicked off a lively and informed debate between participants from the third sector and public sector
- And made considerable progress in refining recommendations on how the agenda could be improved and expanded, as well as recommending some key avenues for further research
The IPEG Report "Who Delivers Public Services" will shortly be available in final form.
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IPEG research to be presented at the National University of Singapore
Alongside colleagues from the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures (RICC, University of Manchester), Matthew Goodwin will be presenting some of our latest research on ethnic diversity and 'community cohesion' at the 'Perspectives on City Scales and Cosmopolitan Cultures' workshop on 12-14 May.
The workshop aims to bring together scholars and researchers from different regions to engage in a fruitful dialogue and debate on cosmopolitanism with the aim of developing comparative perspectives on the diverse range of urban experiences in cities across Europe and Asia.
More information about the event can be found via the link below:
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New Director of IPEG
On 1 April, Prof. Alan Harding succeeded Prof. Peter John as Director of IPEG for an initial period of 3 years. Peter remains as a co-director and will continue to lead substantial elements of IPEG's research programme.
On taking up his appointment, Alan said 'I look forward to leading IPEG in the next phase of its development, building upon the very solid base put in place by my predecessors. These are exciting times, within the University of Manchester and beyond, for research on economic and political governance.'
'During my time as Director I will be looking to enhance IPEG's status and profile, build its reputation as an academically rigorous, outward-facing organisation that makes innovative contributions to public policy development and professional practice, and extend the network of colleagues we work with, inside and outside the University, so we can maximise the impact that social science in Manchester has on important debates.'
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The rediscovery of the civic: investigation through experiments
Experimental approaches to the study of civic behaviour will be the focus of a panel discussion at the Political Studies Association conference in Swansea in early July 2008. The panel will discuss the early research from the "Rediscovering the civic and achieving better outcomes in public policy" project, a joint initiative by IPEG and the Centre for Citizenship and Democracy at the University of Southampton. An additional paper will report on an experimental investigation into how citizens find government-related information.
The paper is available for download via the link below:
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